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SUBMITTER: Ayala-Haedo JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882995 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ayala-Haedo Juan A JA Gallins Paul J PJ Whitehead Patrice L PL Schwartz Stephen G SG Kovach Jaclyn L JL Postel Eric A EA Agarwal Anita A Wang Gaofeng G Haines Jonathan L JL Pericak-Vance Margaret A MA Scott William K WK
Annals of human genetics 20100331 3
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex degenerative retinal disease influenced by both genetic and environmental risk factors. We assessed whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the NOS2A gene increase risk and modulate the effect of smoking in AMD. 998 Caucasian subjects (712 AMD cases and 286 controls) were genotyped for 17 SNPs in NOS2A. Multivariable logistic regression models containing SNP genotypes, age, sex, smoking status and genotype/smoking interaction were con ...[more]